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booting from cd
Name: Vember Date: May 26, 2006 at 17:49:26 Pacific OS: N/A CPU/Ram: 128 Product: Vaio
Comment:
My computer has a problem starting up. "NTLDR is missing. Press ctrl+alt+dlt to restart" Now, this is not really a problem as all I want to do is reinstall the OS. Trouble is whenever I start my computer up it will not read the disk. CDROM is the first thing in the bios.. I don't know what to do.. How can I just get it to read the disk so I can install the OS?
Name: Catrina W. Date: May 26, 2006 at 18:09:36 Pacific
Reply:
have you tryed to start from the cd. i know for my computure if you hold f2 when starting you can manually do that.
Catrina W.
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Response Number 2
Name: Vember Date: May 26, 2006 at 18:23:52 Pacific
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f2 is the key that lets me enter the bios.. I can't see anything in there to help me start from the cd..
I start the computer with the cd in the dirve, and it lights up as if to read it but then end up not reading it..
this cd is in perfect condition and I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with the cd drive.
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Response Number 3
Name: ham30 Date: May 26, 2006 at 19:01:05 Pacific
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I don't see any other options. It seems that it has to be a problem with either the CD or the drive. A bad cable is a possibility, but very unlikely.
Do yourself a favor BACKUP! Sorry, I do not check for private messages
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Response Number 4
Name: Vember Date: May 26, 2006 at 23:28:33 Pacific
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Maybe it's the cd but I don't see how that's possible at all.. I just used it like a few weeks ago and it has no visible scratches. And the drive was working earlier today.
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Response Number 5
Name: Hugh Rhynal Date: May 27, 2006 at 13:34:59 Pacific
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When you say "it's the first thing in the BIOS" does that mean in the list of devices or in the boot sequence.
It has to be set as the first boot device otherwise it won't boot.
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